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Psychology

K L Tangen

PSYCHOLOGY160 · PSYCA130 · PYSCH220 · PSYCH130 · PSYCH160 · PSYCHA100 · PSYCH160STATS · PSYCA100 · PSYCH220 · BIOPSYCHA250 · PSYCH250 · PSYCHOBIOLOGY · PSYCA250 · PSYCH100 · 34 lifetime ratings

AI rating
51/100
RMP rating
3.2/5
Take again
100%
Difficulty
3.0

The decision

Fine for self-motivated students who learn from notes and ; avoid if you need strong teaching in psychobiology.

Best fit · Self Taught ProExam-only gradingDrops lowest testSlide readerBoring lecturesExtra credit
  • Grade usually rests on a and occasional .
  • Intro psych and personality can feel easy if you study notes; psychobiology is memory-heavy and polarizing.
  • Students call him nice and knowledgeable but often boring or unhelpful as a teacher.

Key questions

Four answers before you build your schedule.

Is this an easy A?

FairEffort

58/100

Intro sections can be easy with notes and drop-lowest, but psychobiology demands heavy memorization and still frustrates many.

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Is the course easy?

Standard

48/100

Difficulty swings from super easy survey courses to information-dense psychobiology with 150-slide days.

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Is attendance flexible?

Varies

55/100

Some say show up for lectures; others if notes are online.

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Is this professor recommended?

Depends

52/100

and , but many detailed reviews still say avoid psychobiology with him.

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Course guide

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Grading

Lenient

66/100

, and few graded items soften harsh tests for organized students.

Format shift

Leniency comments come only from in-person courses.

Workload

Light

62/100

, but dense courses.

Format shift

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Teaching experience

Average

50/100

Knows the material and is caring, yet often reads slides, bores students, or confuses higher-level classes.

Format shift

Teaching quality .

Assessment method

FocusOnExams

90/100

Grades are almost entirely a handful of .

Format shift

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Luni fit check

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Course format

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Classroom format

In person

34 reviews

High confidence · Best fit for Self Taught Pro

but often dry lectures, wide split between easy intro and brutal biophysch.

Main concern

Heavy memorization and confusing exams in higher psychobiology sections.

What students said

“Not an "easy" A, but it is very doable if you stay ahead of the .”
PSYCA250
“ IF POSSIBLE!!! I'VE TAKEN HIS CLASS TWICE AND STILL COULDN'T PASS!!”
PSYCH250
“Go to class and you'll get an easy A.”
PSYCA130

Remote format

Online

0 reviews

Low confidence

No stored summary is available for this format.

Main concern

No main concern is stored for this format.

Exam style

Know what to expect from exams and major assignments.

; they can be doable from notes or confusing and memorization-heavy depending on course.

4 major examsDrops lowestExtra credit sometimesLecture-based questions

Assessment risk

Standard

45/100

Low score means less forgiving assessment conditions.

In person

, often with a dropped low score and optional .

Few major examsDrop lowest testExtra creditNo homework buffer
“He gives throughout and scores.”
PSYCA250
“NO HOMEWORK ONLY GRADES OFF OF 4 TEST, HE DROPS YOUR LOWEST BUT DOESN'T HELP AT ALL!!”
PSYCH250
“ but alot of .”
250

Online

Student evidence

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Top student voice

“He's a but he expects you to memorize 150 slides per day worth of notes. Lots of information- only passed with an A because I devoted hours and hours into studying.”

Voice snapshots generated from 34 and course-level difficulty splits. Credibility rating: High.

📝

90/100

“NO HOMEWORK ONLY GRADES OFF OF 4 TEST, HE DROPS YOUR LOWEST BUT DOESN'T HELP AT ALL!!”

🎯 Teaching Split

50/100

“He's a nice guy but clearly does not know how to teach. He reads off the ”

👍 Easy When You Show Up

72/100

“Go to class and you'll get an easy A.”

⚠️ Psychobiology Warning

25/100

“ . . I took him for psychobiology and my whole class failed.”

Theme 1

📈 About Difficulty & Grades

  • Not an "easy" A, but it is very doable if you stay ahead of the curve
  • i missed about two months of class and got a B
  • if you stay on top of the material

Theme 2

👨‍🏫 About Teaching Style

  • all he did was make power points of material directly from the book and read off every class
  • SO. BORING. 3 hours is more than i could handle
  • Don't buy a book, he has a website with everything you need

Theme 3

❤️ About Character

  • He is the nicest teacher I have had in a while
  • Ken is great. No doubt about that.
  • prof. tangen is GREAT! ... nice guy, and will help if you ask.

Data context

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Analysis sample

34

Recent reviews read by the AI

34

Lifetime ratings

80/100

Evidence confidence

Thirty-four detailed in-person reviews over and course-level difficulty splits.

Inside 34 stored ratings

Quality ratings

5 out of 511
4 out of 55
3 out of 56
2 out of 57
1 out of 55

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Reported outcomes

B range results lead the reported letter grades.

6 reported outcomes

A range

2

A 2

B range

3

B 2 · B- 1

C range

0

No reported values

D range

0

No reported values

F

0

No reported values

No letter grade reported

1

Rather_Not_Say 1